Maj. Nidal Hasan carried out the 2009 Fort Hood attack; in 2026, the Pentagon announced he would be executed by firing squad.
The US Army has approved and President Trump has signed off on the first military execution by firing squad since World War II for Nidal Malik Hasan, the Fort Hood shooter. Hasan’s death sentence, handed by a 2013 court-martial, may be carried out after appellate reviews and habeas proceedings. The move marks a rare use of capital punishment within the military justice system.